My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.
Neither I nor anyone in the Church would ever tolerate hatred of or prejudice towards any of the Lord's children.
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.
If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.
The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice.
There's nothing worse, I guess, than being black in an all-white church or being southern and being a liberal.
I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.
It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component.
Christians are commanded to pray in the name of Jesus. It is not a practice reserved just for personal prayers, or prayers rendered in church.
What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a lot of public readings.
Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.
I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.
Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.
Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience.
Sundays are for Dim Sum. While the rest of America goes to church, Sunday School, or NFL games, you can find Chinese people eating Cantonese food.
Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.
Ultimately, the court is heading to a doctrine of 'separation of campaign and state.' This doctrine, like separation of church and state or separation of military and civilian authority, is not explicit in the Constitution but flows naturally from it...
Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.
That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.
If you are too busy in your church activities to take care of your family, then perhaps we had better find something else for you to do.
